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An eclipse in a glass
There’s more than one eclipse coming your way. Cue Bonnie Tyler’s classic on the iPod, stretch out in a lounge chair with your solar glasses on and pour you a tasty one. It’s time for […]
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Stir it up: Walk Right In
Walk Right In Sarah Vickery, The Lantern, Chapel Hill 8-12 blueberries 2 sugar cubes ½ ounce fresh lemon juice 1 dash Angostura Bitters 2 ounces bourbon In a rocks glass, muddle blueberries, sugar cubes, lemon […]
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Stir it up: Hiram’s Hour
Hiram’s Hour Niels Larsen, Print Works Bistro, Greensboro 2 ounces Sutler’s Gin ¾ ounce Bittermilk Charred Grapefruit Tonic Syrup ½ ounce Shelton Vineyards Yadkin Valley Port 2 dashes Crude “Sycophant” Orange & Fig Bitters 1 […]
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Stir it up: Orange Mint Beer Julep
Orange Mint Beer Julep Will Locke, Highland Avenue, Hickory 2 orange slices 5 mint leaves ½ ounce honey syrup 1 ½ ounces Seventeen Twelve Bourbon American Honor Hop On n’ Ride IPA 1 mint sprig […]
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Stir it up: InCider Trading
InCider Trading Mattie Beason, Black Twig Cider House, Durham 1 ½ ounces Fair Game Apple Brandy 1 ½ ounces Appalachian Mountain Brewery Cinful Plum Cider ¼ ounce Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur ¾ ounce Eden Heirloom Blend […]
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Stir it up: Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer This drink is in honor of “The King” himself, and according to Arnold Palmer “the dominant factor must be iced tea with about 1/3 or 1/4 of it in lemonade.” The beverage makes […]
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Stir it up: Appalachian Caipirinha
Appalachian Caipirinha John Parra, Fox Liquor Bar, Raleigh 1 small lime, cut into 8 wedges 1 pinch kosher salt 4 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters ½ ounce honey syrup 2 ounces Troy & Sons Platinum Moonshine Blenheim […]
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Behind the bar
Appalachian Caipirinha John Parra, Fox Liquor Bar, Raleigh 1 small lime, cut into 8 wedges 1 pinch kosher salt 4 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters ½ ounce honey syrup 2 ounces Troy & Sons Platinum Moonshine Blenheim […]
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Stir It Up
“In this cocktail, we infuse Doc Porter’s vodka with blueberries from King’s Drive Farmers Market in Myers Park. Doc Porter’s is a grain-to-glass distillery in Charlotte. They harvest all their grain from a farm in […]